Baron Aldington, of Bispham

Bispham, Blackpool

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 in the County Borough of Blackpool

Blackpool

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 29 January 1962 for the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician and businessman, Sir Toby Low

Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington

Toby Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington, KCMG, CBE, DSO, TD, DL, PC , was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman.-Life:...

. On 16 November 1999 he was made a life peer

Life peer

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 as Baron Low, of Bispham in the County of Lancashire

Lancashire

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, as were all hereditary peer

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s of the first creation following the House of Lords Act 1999

House of Lords Act 1999

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. On his death in 2000 the life peerage became extinct while he was succeeded in the hereditary barony by his son Charles

Charles Low, 2nd Baron Aldington

Charles Harold Stuart Low, 2nd Baron Aldington is a British peer, the son of Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington. He succeeded to the Barony on 7 December 2000.-Life:...

, the second and present holder of the title.

Barons Aldington (1962)

• Toby Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington
  Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington
  Toby Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington, KCMG, CBE, DSO, TD, DL, PC , was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman.-Life:...
  
   (1914–2000)
• Charles Harold Stuart Low, 2nd Baron Aldington
  Charles Low, 2nd Baron Aldington
  Charles Harold Stuart Low, 2nd Baron Aldington is a British peer, the son of Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington. He succeeded to the Barony on 7 December 2000.-Life:...
  
   (b. 1948)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son, Philip Toby Augustus Low (b. 1990)